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• “Destined to go down in history as a jazz classic” was The Guardian’s verdict when the album was released in 1997, adding: “Wheeler’s compositions and four of the world’s finest improvisers create a thought-provoking set that is worth listening to again and again. This is beautiful, luminous music.”

  “Angel Song” is one of the highlights of the label’s catalog, bringing together four improvisational greats – each with a unique artistic identity – in an intimate, drummer-less quartet session. Kenny Wheeler is the composer of the nine hauntingly lyrical chamber jazz pieces and lends them a particularly haunting atmosphere on flugelhorn and trumpet in an expressive and melodic exchange with alto saxophonist Lee Konitz. Dave Holland’s bass foundation is as convincing as ever and gives Bill